CARLIN v. McKEAN

No. 86-5510.

823 F.2d 620 (1987)

Paul N. CARLIN, Appellant, v. John R. McKEAN, individually and as a member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Postal Service, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 17, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert A. Saltzstein, with whom Joseph J. Saunders and Stephen Feldman, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellant.

John Oliver Birch, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Royce C. Lamberth, Deborah A. Robinson, and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., and Louis A. Cox, Gen. Counsel, U.S. Postal Service, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BORK and STARR, Circuit Judges, and EDWARD D. RE, Chief Judge, United States Court of International Trade.


Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge BORK.

BORK, Circuit Judge:

On January 1, 1985, Paul N. Carlin became the 66th Postmaster General of the United States. Just over a year later, Carlin was removed from that position. Believing that his dismissal was the product of a fraudulent and corrupt scheme, he filed this suit in district court, seeking a declaratory judgment and injunctive relief that would include his reinstatement as Postmaster General. The...

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